The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it intends to shorten the Meaningful Use reporting period. There have been many concerns about the complexity of the original proposal, voiced from both practice professionals and health care advocates. With this announcement comes the expec

New in 2015 is CPT Code 99490 which has been established by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for non-face-to-face chronic care management (CCM).  This code is effective January 1 2015 and is part of an ongoing effort to improve care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries.  The service may be bi

Are You Ready for ICD-10?  PBM has created a short questionnaire to help you assess your readiness for ICD-10.